Pierre
de la basilique Sainte-Sophie (Ἁγία Σοφία, Hagía Sophía Μεγάλη Ἐκκλησία (Megálē
Ekklēsíā, « la Grande Église ») commandée par Théodose II
Saint Marcien
Économe de la Grande
Église Sainte Sophie (+ 471)
Sa famille, installée à
Constantinople, était apparentée à la famille impériale. Le patriarche Anatole
voulut l'ordonner prêtre à la mort de ses parents et son successeur, le patriarche
Gennade, le nomma économe de la Grande Eglise, Sainte Sophie, ce qui était la
charge la plus importante du clergé de Constantinople. Grande était sa charité
pour les pauvres. Pour cette raison, ce que nous raconte la tradition est
plausible.
Le jour de la dédicace de
l'église de Sainte Anastasie, il vit un pauvre réduit à la plus extrême misère,
au moment même où il partait à la sainte liturgie. Il l'entraina dans un
endroit isolé, lui donna tous ses vêtements, et, revêtu des seuls ornements liturgiques,
il regagna le sanctuaire. Tous les célébrants virent sous ses ornements un
vêtement tout étincelant d'or.
Il parcourait la nuit les
quartiers les plus misérables pour venir en aide à ceux qui n'osaient pas
mendier le jour et, durant la construction de l'église Sainte Irène, il aida
même les ouvriers de ses propres mains.
À Constantinople, vers
471, saint Marcien, prêtre, qui s’appliqua à orner les églises et à venir en
aide aux pauvres.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/5118/Saint-Marcien.html
Saint Marcien de
Constantinople
Fête le 10 janvier
† 471
Né à Constantinople d’une
noble famille romaine, il fut ordonné prêtre par le patriarche Anatole. La
rigueur de ses principes et l’ardeur avec laquelle il se dévoua au service des
pauvres lui valurent une grande réputation dans l’Église.
Sa famille, installée à Constantinople, était apparentée à la famille impériale. Le patriarche Anatole voulut l’ordonner prêtre à la mort de ses parents et son successeur, le patriarche Gennade, le nomma économe de la Grande Eglise, Sainte Sophie, ce qui était la charge la plus importante du clergé de Constantinople. Grande était sa charité pour les pauvres. Pour cette raison, ce que nous raconte la tradition est plausible. Le jour de la dédicace de l’église de Sainte Anastasie, il vit un pauvre réduit à la plus extrême misère, au moment même où il partait à la sainte liturgie. Il l’entraîna dans un endroit isolé, lui donna ses vêtements, et, nu sous les ornements liturgiques, il regagna le sanctuaire. Tous les célébrants virent sous ses ornements un vêtement tout étincelant d’or. Il parcourait la nuit les quartiers les plus misérables pour venir en aide à ceux qui n’osaient pas mendier le jour et, durant la construction de l’église Sainte Irène, il aida même les ouvriers de ses propres mains.
SOURCE : http://www.martyretsaint.com/marcien-de-constantinople/
S. MARCIEN, GRAND ÉCONOME DE ST. SOPHIE DE CONSTANTINOPLE
(489)
tiré de : Les Petits Bollandistes; Vies des saints tome 1 p. 264
Fêté le 10 janvier
Saint Marcien naquit à Constantinople, de parents originaires de Rome et alliés
à la famille impériale de Théodose. Dès ses premières années, il pratiqua
assidûment le jeune, la prière et les veilles. Il avait un immense patrimoine
qu'il répandit tout entier dans le soin des pauvres par amour pour Jésus
Christ. Il bâtit nombre d'églises, et, accomplissant une prophétie de saint
Grégoire de Nazianze, il transforma en une basilique vaste et splendide la
petite chapelle Anastasie, dans laquelle le grand évêque avait, par ses
éloquentes prédications, ressuscité la foi morte et ralliée à Constantinople.
Il fut élevé à la prêtrise, malgré lui, par Anatolius, archevêque de
Constantinople. Le patriarche Gennade, l'élevant à la seconde dignité
ecclésiastique de, son diocèse, la nomma grand économe de l'église
Sainte-Sophie. Il eut des envieux, on l'accusa de novatianisme, mais la voix
populaire qui s'éleva en sa faveur couvrit bientôt les clameurs de ses
détracteurs. Il fleurit sous les règnes de Marcien et de Léon 1 er, au 5 e
siècle.
SOURCE : http://orthodoxievco.net/ecrits/vies/synaxair/janvier/marcien.htm
Saint Marcian of
Constantinople
Also
known as
Marciano
Profile
Member of a Roman family
of Constantinople.
Related to Emperor Theodosius II. Ordained in 455.
He lived such an austere life that he was wrongly accused of the heresy of Novatianism.
Treasurer of the great church Hagia Sophia. Appointed Oikonomos, a
position second only to the patriarch in authority. Gave away huge sums from
his family fortune, but always anonymously so as not to draw attention to
himself. Restored several churches. Composed several hymns, and was known as
a miracle worker.
One day as he rushed to
the consecration of a new church, he encountered a miserable, nearly naked
beggar on the street. Marcian gave the man all his clothing, keeping only his
chasuble. When he arrived at the church, however, he appeared to be wearing a
golden robe under the chasuble; Patriarch Gennadius even rebuked Marcian for
dressing so richly. The saint then pulled off the chasuble to show he was
naked.
c.480
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SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-marcian-of-constantinople/
Book of Saints
– Marcian – 10 January
Article
(Saint)
(January
10) (5th
century) Although born in Constantinople, he belonged to a Roman family
connected with the Imperial House of Theodosius. From his youth he devoted
himself to prayer, fasting and almsdeeds, and in his charity went so far as to
sell a considerable patrimony and distribute the proceeds among the poor. He
also founded many churches and transformed the chapel called Anastasia into a
vast Basilica. The Patriarch Anatolius persuaded him to receive Sacred Orders;
and the Patriarch Gennadius entrusted him with the high office of Treasurer of
the Church of Saint Sophia. He died in the odour of sanctity about A.D. 489.
MLA
Citation
Monks of Ramsgate.
“Marcian”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info.
20 November 2014. Web. 27 May 2026.
<https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-marcian-10-january/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-marcian-10-january/
St. Marcian
Feastday: January 10
Confessor and hymnist of
Constantinople. He was a member of a Roman family of
Constantinople, related to Emperor Theodosius II. Ordained in 455, he was so
ascetical that he was wrongly accused of Novatianism. Marcian was
the treasurer of Hagia Sophia, was appointed Oikonomos - second only to
the patriarch and
restored several churches. He is also believed to have composed hymns and was a
famous miracle worker.
SOURCE : https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4462
Marcian of Constantinople
B (RM)
Died c. 480. Marcian was a saint of Constantinople, though connected with a
Roman family. He was ordained a priest and appointed treasurer of Santa Sophia.
Many churches were in disrepair in Constantinople but, in his official
capacity, Marcian superintended their restoration to former beauty, and the
building of several churches, most notably the Anastasis. He was also inspired
to write splendid hymns. So he used all his talents to bring people to worship
Jesus.
He modelled his life
after that of Saint John the Baptist, always trying to serve God by fasting and
praying. But unlike John the Baptist, he came of a rich family. Marcian gave
away much money to the poor--secretly, so as not to gain the approval of his
fellow men.
At times he suffered
persecution because he was wrongly suspected of being a Novatian. One of his
persecutors, threatening to kill Marcian, asked him, "Why do you talk of
life, if you wish to die?" Marcian replied, "Because it is everlasting
life I look for, not the life of this world." Eventually people saw that
this was an uncommonly good man, one who should be copied, not persecuted.
One day when he was
hurrying to the consecration of a new church, he passed a miserable, nearly
naked beggar. Saint Marcian gave him all his clothing. All he had left was a
chasuble. The congregation, however, seemed to see a fine golden robe under
Marcian's chasuble. Afterwards Patriarch Gennadius even rebuked the saint for
dressing so ostentatiously. Marcian plucked off the chasuble and revealed that
he was wearing nothing else (Benedictines, Bentley).
SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0110.shtml
January 10
St. Marcian, Priest
ST. MARCIAN, treasurer of
the church of Constantinople, in the fifth age, was born at Constantinople,
though of a Roman family related to the imperial house of the Theodosiuses.
From his childhood he served God in continual watching, fasting, and prayer, in
imitation of St. John the Baptist; and for the relief of the necessitous he
gave away immense occult alms. The time which was not employed in these
charities, he spent in holy retirement and prayer. In the reign of the emperor
Marcian, Anatolius the archbishop, offering violence to the saint’s humility,
ordained him priest. In this new state the saint saw himself under a stricter
obligation than before of labouring to attain to the summit of Christian
perfection; and whilst he made the instruction of the poor his principal and
favourite employment, he redoubled his earnestness in providing for their
corporal necessities, and was careful never to relax any part of his
austerities. The severity of his morals was made a handle, by those who feared
the example of his virtue, as a tacit censure of their sloth, avarice, and
irregularities, to fasten upon him a suspicion of Novatianism; but his meekness
and silence at length triumphed over the slander. This persecution served more
and more to purify his soul, and exceedingly improve his virtue. This shone
forth with greater lustre than ever, when the cloud was dispersed; and the
patriarch Gennadius, with the great applause of the whole body of the clergy
and people, conferred on him the dignity of treasurer, which was the second in
that church. St. Marcian built or repaired in a stately manner a great number
of churches in Constantinople, confounded the Arians and other heretics, and
was famous for miracles both before and after his happy death, which happened
towards the end of the fifth century. He is honoured both in the Greek Menæa,
and Roman Martyrology, on the 10th of January. See his ancient anonymous life
in Surius, and Bollandus, also Cedrenus, Sozomen, and Theodorus Lector, l. 1. Codinus,
Orig. Constant, p. 60. See Tillemont, t. 16. p. 161.
Rev. Alban
Butler (1711–73). Volume I: January. The Lives of the
Saints. 1866.
SOURCE : http://www.bartleby.com/210/1/103.html
Baring-Gould’s
Lives of the Saints – Saint Marcian, Priest
Article
(about 476)
[Honoured in the Greek
Menæa and Roman Martyrology on the same day. His life, by an anonymous writer,
is given by Simeon Metaphrastes.]
Saint Marcian was born at
Constantinople; he belonged to a noble Roman family, related to that of the
Emperor Theodosius. From his childhood he served God in watching, fasting, and
prayer. His great compassion for the necessities of the poor made it impossible
for him to refuse relief, when he had anything to give away.
In the reign of the
Emperor Marcian, Anatolius, the Archbishop, ordained him priest. His love for
the poor manifested itself, not merely in abundant almsgiving, but also in his
making their instruction in the truth his favourite pursuit. The severity of
his morals was made a handle by those who feared the example of his virtue, as
a tacit rebuke of their sloth and avarice, to fasten on him a suspicion of
Novatianism; but his meekness and silence triumphed over this, and other
slanders.
The patriarch Gennadius
conferred on him the dignity of treasurer of the church of Constantinople.
Saint Marcian built, or repaired, in a stately manner a great number of
churches. The following incident is related of the dedication of the church of
Saint Anastasia, for which he had obtained a site, and which he had built in
spite of numerous impediments. On the day that the church was to be
consecrated, he was on his way to attend the ceremony, when he was accosted in
the street by a very poor man, whose rags scarce held together, and who
implored him, for the love of God, to give him an alms. Saint Marcian felt in
his bosom, but found he had no money there. The pauper would take no refusal,
and the compassionate heart of the treasurer was melted at the aspect of his
tatters and emaciation. Quickly he slipped off the tunic he wore under his
sacerdotal vestments, handed it to the beggar, and then hurried on to the new
church, drawing his alb and chasuble about him, to conceal the deficiency of a
nether garment. The church was crowded, the Emperor Leo and the Empress, the
senate, and almost the whole city were present. Marcian was bidden celebrate
the Holy Sacrifice before all, in the new church he had built. So, full of
shame, he began, hoping that the folds of his chasuble would conceal the
absence of a tunic. But all saw him as though clothed beneath his sacerdotal
vestments with a garment as of pure gold, which flashed as he moved. The
patriarch Gennadius was offended, and rebuked him when the liturgy was over,
for having worn a private garment, more splendid than his ecclesiastical
vesture, and worthy only of an emperor. Marcian fell at his feet, and denied
that he had worn any such raiment. Then Gennadius, wroth at his having spoken
falsely, as he thought, for he supposed his eyes could not have been deceived,
caught him by the vesture, and drew it aside, and behold! Marcian was bare of
all other garments save his sacerdotal apparel.
Saint Marcian built also
the church of Saint Irene, another of Saint Isidore, and a baptistery of
magnificent appearance, surrounded with five porches, like that at Jerusalem.
“But this one,” says the chronicler, “was greater than that by the sheep
market, for here greater miracles were wrought than there. To that, an angel
descended on one day in the year, and healed but one at a time; at this,
whenever a servant of the Lord ministers, Christ himself is present. The
healing, moreover, is not but once a year, but daily, and not of bodies only,
but of souls as well.”
Saint Marcian’s great
compassion extended to women of bad character, and despising the slander and
gossip which he might occasion, by visiting them in their houses, setting only
before his eyes the blessedness of plucking these brands from the burning, he
often sought them out in haunts of crime; and if they had taken up evil courses
through poverty only, he found for them honest occupations, and by his
exhortations and tears, and his overflowing charity, he convinced and persuaded
many of these unhappy women, so that they came openly and did penance, and some
he sent on pilgrimages to Jerusalem, and some went into solitude, and
recompensed for the past by self-mortification in the desert.
MLA
Citation
Sabine Baring-Gould.
“Saint Marcian, Priest”. Lives
of the Saints, 1872. CatholicSaints.Info.
18 December 2023. Web. 27 May 2026.
<https://catholicsaints.info/baring-goulds-lives-of-the-saints-saint-marcian-priest/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/baring-goulds-lives-of-the-saints-saint-marcian-priest/
Marcian of Constantinople
January 10, Priest.
Source: The Lives of the Saints, Volume 1
Roman martyrology: At Constantinople, St.
Marcian, priest.
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
TREASURER OF THE CHURCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE
St. Marcian was born at Constantinople; he belonged to
a noble Roman family, related to that of the Emperor Theodosius. From his
childhood he served God in watching, fasting, and prayer. His great compassion
for the necessities of the poor made it impossible for him to refuse relief,
when he had anything to give away.
In the reign of the Emperor Marcian, Anatolius, the
Archbishop, ordained him priest. His love for the poor manifested itself, not
merely in abundant almsgiving, but also in his making their instruction in the
truth his favorite pursuit. The severity of his morals was made a handle by
those who feared the example of his virtue, as a tacit rebuke of their sloth
and avarice, to fasten on him a suspicion of Novatianism; but his meekness and
silence triumphed over this, and other slanders.
The patriarch Gennadius conferred on him the dignity
of treasurer of the church of Constantinople. S. Marcian built, or repaired, in
a stately manner a great number of churches. The following incident is related
of the dedication of the church of S. Anastasia, for which he had obtained a
site, and which he had built in spite of numerous impediments. On the day that
the church was to be consecrated, he was on his way to attend the ceremony,
when he was accosted in the street by a very poor man, whose rags scarce held
together, and who implored him, for the love of God, to give him an alms. S.
Marcian felt in his bosom, but found he had no money there. The pauper would
take no refusal, and the compassionate heart of the treasurer was melted at the
aspect of his tatters and emaciation. Quickly he slipped off the tunic he wore
under his sacerdotal vestments, handed it to the beggar, and then hurried on to
the new church, drawing his alb and chasuble about him, to conceal the
deficiency of a nether garment. The church was crowded, the Emperor Leo and the
Empress, the senate, and almost the whole city were present. Marcian was bidden
“which flashed as he moved. The patriarch Gennadius was offended, and rebuked
him when the liturgy was over, for having worn a private garment, more splendid
than his ecclesiastical vesture, and worthy only of an emperor. Marcian fell at
his feet, and denied that he had worn any such raiment. Then Gennadius, wroth
at his having spoken falsely, as he thought, for he supposed his eyes could not
have been deceived, caught him by the vesture, and drew it aside, and behold!
Marcian was bare of all other garments save his sacerdotal apparel.
S. Marcian built also the church of S. Irene, another
of S. Isidore, and baptisteries of magnificent appearance, surrounded with five
porches, like that at Jerusalem. "But this one," says the chronicler,
"was greater than that by the sheep market, for here greater miracles were
wrought than there. To that, an angel descended on one day in the year, and
healed but one at a time; at this, whenever a servant of the Lord ministers,
Christ himself is present. The healing, moreover, is not but once a year, but
daily, and not of bodies only, but of souls as well.
S. Marcian's great compassion extended to women of bad
character, and despising the slander and gossip which he might occasion, by
visiting them in their houses, setting only before his eyes the blessedness of
plucking these brands from the burning, he often sought them out in haunts of
crime; and if they had “he often sought them out in haunts of crime; and if
they had taken up evil courses through poverty only, he found for them honest
occupations, and by his exhortations and tears, and his overflowing charity, he
convinced and persuaded many of these unhappy women, so that they came openly
and did penance, and some he sent on pilgrimages to Jerusalem, and some went
into solitude, and recompensed for the past by self-mortification in the
desert.
SOURCE : https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/5408295391443355751/3869463343405069053
Saint Marcian the Presbyter in Constantinople
Commemorated on January
10
Saint Marcian, Presbyter of the Great Church, was born
at Rome and in his youth he received a first-rate education in Constantinople.
After the death of his parents, Saint Marcian used his inheritance on the
building, renovation and embellishment of churches. Thus, he built a church
dedicated to the holy Martyr Anastasia (December 22), richly adorned it, and
had the holy relics of the saint transferred to it. He also built a church of
the Great Martyr Irene (May 5), and the church of Saint Isidore.
His moral purity and strict asceticism were resented
by those who were slothful and avaricious, for they regarded his life as an
unspoken criticism of their own lack of virtue. However, his meekness and
silence overcame their slanders and brought him to the attention of the
Patriarch, who ordained Saint Marcian a presbyter and appointed him treasurer
of the Church of Constantinople.
From his wealth Saint Marcian distributed generous
alms, and distinguished himself by non-covetousness, denying himself in
everything. In accord with the command of the Savior, he did not even have an
extra set of clothes, which he might need should he be caught in inclement
weather. Having received a gift of wonderworking, Saint Marcian healed the sick
and cast out devils. Saint Marcian died between 472-474 and was buried at the
monastery of Saint John the Forerunner at Constantinople.
SOURCE : https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2000/01/10/100142-saint-marcian-the-presbyter-in-constantinople
San Marciano di Costantinopoli Sacerdote
† 471 (?)
Martirologio Romano: A Costantinopoli, san
Marciano, sacerdote, solerte nell’abbellire le chiese e nel prestare soccorso
agli indigenti.
Nato da una ricca famiglia di origine romana, Marciano
si distinse soprattutto nella seconda metà del V secolo. Egli era dapprima
appartenuto alla setta dei novaziani, poi era divenuto amico di sant'Aussenzio
e così fervente nell’ortodossia che il patriarca Anatolio (449-458) l’ordinò
prete malgrado la giovane età e la sua resistenza, aggregandolo alla sua
Chiesa. Più tardi, Marciano fu nominato da Gennadio (448-471) economo di santa
Sofia, la carica più importante della Chiesa costantinopolitana.
Alla morte dei genitori decise di dedicare la sua
grande fortuna alla costruzione di chiese, iniziando con quella di sant'Anastasia
ai portici di Domninos, che fu inaugurata nel 459 dal patriarca Gennadio. La
stessa chiesa fu in seguito salvata dalle fiamme per l’ardore delle preghiere
di Marciano.
Aspar e Ardaburios, due capi goti al servizio
dell’impero, veneravano a tal punto Marciano che gli donarono dei preziosi vasi
sacri per la chiesa di sant'Anastasia. Per testimoniare la sua riconoscenza
Marciano faceva leggere in quella chiesa nei giorni di festa la Santa Scrittura
in lingua gotica (germanica).
Costruì in seguitò la chiesa di sant'Irene, presso il
mare, nel quartiere di Perama, ma non poté vederne il compimento, effettuato ad
opera dell’imperatrice Verina, moglie di Leone I (457-471). Nei pressi Marciano
aveva anche costruito una chiesa dedicata al martire sant'Isidoro deponendovi
le sue reliquie. Sempre a Marciano si devono anche le chiese di san Giovanni
Battista nel quartiere di Daniele, di san Teodoro nel quartiere di san Tenetro
e di san Stratonico nel sobborgo di Rhégion. La Vita metafrastica di Marciano
parla anche di un ampio battistero a cinque portici come la Piscina Probatica
di Gerusalemme.
I vari biografi del santo vantano il suo fervore, la
sua carità, che lo faceva vivere in grande povertà, ed i suoi miracoli. Si
ignora la data esatta della morte, ma è ritenuto probabile l’anno 471. Fu
sepolto nella chiesa di san Giovanni Battista nel quartiere di Daniele dove se
ne celebrava la festa il 9 settembre, oggi fissata al 10 gennaio, data in cui
figura anche nel Martirologio Romano.
Autore: Raymond Janin
SOURCE : http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/36840
Den hellige Marcian av
Konstantinopel (d. ~471)
Minnedag:
10. januar
Den hellige Marcian
(Marcianus, Martianus, Markianos) ble født på 400-tallet i Konstantinopel
(Bysants; nå Istanbul). Han kom fra en rik romersk familie som var i slekt med
familien til keiser Theodosios II (408-50). Han levde i regjeringstiden til den
hellige keiserinne Pulcheria (450-53)
og hennes mann Marcian (Markianos)
(450-57).
Som ung mann fikk han en
førsteklasses utdannelse i Konstantinopel. Som ideal for sitt liv hadde han den
hellige Døperen
Johannes, og han prøvde alltid å tjene Gud ved å faste og be. Han ga bort
mye penger til de fattige, men han gjorde det i hemmelighet for ikke å stige i
anseelse hos sine medborgere. Etter at hans foreldre var døde, ble han i 455
presteviet av patriark Anatolius av Konstantinopel (449-58) til tross for sine
protester fordi han mente seg uverdig. Han viet seg deretter til undervisning
og tjeneste av de fattige i byen.
Men hans personlige
strenghet gjorde at han feilaktig ble mistenkt for kjetteriet novatianisme,
en rigoristisk skismatisk bevegelse som hadde sin opprinnelse rundt 200 år tidligere
i tider med forfølgelse. Marcian led mye under disse falske anklagene. En av
hans forfølgere, som truet med å drepe ham, spurte: «Hvorfor snakker du om
livet hvis du ønsker å dø?» Han svarte: «Fordi det er det evige livet jeg er på
jakt etter, ikke livet i denne verden». Til slutt så folket at dette var en
uvanlig god mann, en som heller burde etterlignes enn forfølges.
Mistankene mot ham ble
effektivt fjernet da patriark Gennadius I (458-71) opphøyde ham til nummer to i
hierarkiet i Konstantinopel, bare underlagt patriarken, med tittelen økonom
eller skattmester (gr: oikonomos, ikonomos; lat: oeconomus) i kirken Hagia
(St.) Sofia. I kraft av dette embetet bestemte han at de offergavene som ble
brakt til hver kirke, skulle forvaltes av kirkens presteskap selv – tidligere
hadde hovedkirken denne oppgaven. Han ledet byggingen av en rekke kirker i
byen, blant dem kirken St Isidor, og under byggingen av kirken St. Irene ved
Havet hjalp han bygningsarbeiderne med sine egne hender. Han restaurerte den
berømte Anastasis-kirken, hvor den hellige Gregor av Nazianz hadde
begynt sin tjeneste. Han ble også inspirert til å skrive praktfulle hymner, så
han brukte alle sine talenter for å få folket til å tilbe Kristus.
Marcian var også kjent
som undergjører, og mange mirakler ble tilskrevet ham både før og etter hans
død. Det fortelles at da han en dag skyndte seg til vigslingen av den
nyrestaurerte Anastasis-kirken, kom han forbi en miserabel tigger, som var
nesten naken. Marcian ga ham da alle klærne sine, og alt han hadde igjen var en
messehagel. Men menigheten syntes å se en fin gyllen drakt under messehagelen,
og etterpå refset patriark Gennadius ham for å kle seg så prangende. Marcian
tok da av seg messehagelen og avslørte dermed at det var alt han hadde på seg.
Marcian skal også ha
reddet Anastasis-kirken fra en stor brann, som allerede hadde spredt seg rundt
kirken. Han bega seg da opp på taket av kirken, løftet armene mot himmelen og
ba til Gud om forsvar mot flammene. I samme øyeblikk vek brannen unna og
Anastasis-kirken forble fullstendig uskadet.
Marcian døde rundt år
471, mellom 472 og 474 eller rundt 480 og ble gravlagt i klosteret for den
hellige Johannes Forløperen (Døperen) i Konstantinopel. Hans minnedag er 10.
januar. Hans navn står i Martyrologium Romanum, den offisielle, men
ufullstendige listen over hellige som er anerkjent av Den katolske kirke. Han
æres også i den ortodokse kirke samme dag.
Kilder:
Attwater/Cumming, Bentley, Butler (I), Benedictines, Bunson, KIR, CSO, Patron
Saints SQPN, Infocatho, Bautz, santiebeati.it, oca.org - Kompilasjon og
oversettelse: p. Per Einar Odden -
Opprettet: 1999-06-27 22:31 - Sist oppdatert: 2008-08-06 09:17
SOURCE : https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/mkonstan
Marcianus van
Constantinopel (ook Schatbewaarder); Klein-Azië;
schatbewaarder; † ca 471.
Feest 10 januari.
Hij stamde uit een
Romeinse familie. Als schatbewaarder van de St-Sophiakerk van Constantinopel (=
de huidige Aya Sophia) had hij de leiding over de bouw van een aantal kerken,
o.a. de Anastasis.
Hij had ernstig te lijden van de aantijging dat hij tot de ketterij van
het novatianisme behoorde.
[Atw.1958; Bly.1986p:13; Dz2.1896; EnE.1951; Ha1.1838p:53.56; Kib.1990;
Lin.1999; Mül.1860; Rge.1942; Rge.1989; Rgf.1991; SHC.1985; Vmc.1985/1; Dries
van den Akker s.j./2007.12.21]
© A. van den Akker
s.j. / A.W. Gerritsen
SOURCE : https://heiligen-3s.nl/heiligen/01/10/01-10-0471-marcianus.php
